The Supervisory Board of OHB SE has appointed Dr. Lutz Bertling to the Management Board effective April 1, 2018. In this new position, he will oversee corporate development, space services and digitalization. In addition, the Supervisory Board has appointed Kurt Melching, who is already a member of the Management Board of OHB System AG and director of finance and controlling of OHB SE, to the Management Board of OHB SE, also effective April 1, 2018. He will be responsible for Group finance. Dr. Bertling and Dr. Fritz Merkle will be jointly responsible for corporate development until the latter retires from the Management Board of OHB SE for age reasons on June 30, 2018, after which Dr. Bertling will oversee these activities on his own. One major aspect of his duties will be to harness synergistic effects at the Group level and to improve efficiency. Additions to the OHB portfolio will contribute to the Group's sustained profitable growth. This particularly applies to space services, which Dr. Bertling will continue to expand as a new segment within the OHB Group. The main focus will be on value-added services derived from the Group's existing core business. Dr. Lutz Bertling was most recently President of the Bombardier Transportation Group, Berlin and Chief Operating Officer at Bombardier Inc. Kurt Melching has been with the company since 1988 and has been the head since then, later director of finance and controlling. Since 2012, Melching has been responsible for Finance in the board of OHB System AG. Kurt Melching will also continue this activity as member of the board responsible for Group finance.